Subj : Converters
To   : TOM WALKER
From : BOB KLAHN
Date : Mon Apr 27 2015 14:58:00


KW>> BK>  Anyone still monitoring this echo. Do any of you use an AM radio
KW>> BK>  with a short wave converter? I am looking for schematics for
KW>> BK>  shortwave converters.

KW>>Sorry I can't help, but I'm curious to find out what a short wave convertor
KW>>does?

 TW> It down converts the Short Wave Frequnecy to one that is in
 TW> the standard AM band.

KW>>I listen to SW and got hooked on AM DXing when I was taking care of
KW>>my newborn daughter and spending way too many early mornings awake.

 TW> In my younger years that was a very popular hobby, Staying
 TW> long after sunset to catch AM DX

 I have managed to compile a number of SWL convertor schematics.
 One goes back to 1955, and is very interesting in the way it
 couples the osc output to the convertor stage. Though the
 transistor used is long obslete.

Convertors

http://ppl.ug/FcyZUWaFUHE/

 Yeah, the link is nasty, but that's how it give it to me.


BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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